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room noun 1 a an area within a building enclosed by a ceiling, floor and walls; b in compounds • dining-room • bedroom. 2 a sufficient or necessary space, especially free or unoccupied space, that is available to someone or for a particular purpose • no room for all her books. • Have you room to get past?; b in compounds • shelf room 3 all the people present in a room • The room suddenly became silent. 4 opportunity, scope or possibility • room for improvement. 5 (rooms) rented lodgings, especially a set of rooms within a house, etc, that are rented out as an individual unit • returned to his rooms at Oxford. verb (roomed, rooming) tr & intr, chiefly N Amer to lodge; to occupy a room or rooms as a lodger. roomed adj, in compounds having rooms of a specified kind or number. roomer noun, N Amer a lodger, usually one who takes their meals elsewhere. leave the room euphemistic, old use said especially by or about children in school: to go to the lavatory.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon rum.